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S. Rept. 119-125 1 (2026-06-04)

handle is hein.congrecreports/crptxaili0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUTHENTICATED U.S. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION 4 Calendar No. 429 119TH CONGRESS N E REPORT 2d Session SENATE 119-125 ZUNI INDIAN TRIBE WATER RIGHTS SETTLEMENT ACT OF 2025 JUNE 4, 2026.-Ordered to be printed Ms. MURKOWSKI, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany S. 5641 [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] The Committee on Indian Affairs, to which was referred the bill (S. 564) to approve the settlement of water rights claims of the Zuni Indian Tribe in the Zuni River Stream System in the State of New Mexico, to protect the Zuni Salt Lake, and for other pur- poses, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon with- out amendment and recommends that the bill do pass. PURPOSE S. 564 would resolve the water rights claims of the Zuni Indian Tribe in the Zuni River Basin in New Mexico while also safe- guarding Zuni Salt Lake and its surrounding lands, which have spiritual and cultural significance to the Tribe. BACKGROUND AND NEED The A:shiwi (Zuni people) of western New Mexico rely on water from the Zuni River Basin and the tributaries of the Little Colo- rado River to support their lifeways. In 2003, Congress enacted the Zuni Indian Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act,1 to ratify and re- solve the Zuni Tribe's water rights claims in the Little Colorado River Basin in Arizona. However, Congress has not yet enacted leg- 'Zuni Indian Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act of 2003, Pub. L. No. 108-34, 117 Stat. 782 (2003). 69-010